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Аl.А. Gromyko signed a key Task Force position paper of European Leadership Network

  • 07 July 2018
IE RAS Director, RAS Corresponding member Аl.А. Gromyko as a permanent member of Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe signed the common Position Paper «Towards a NATO-Russia basic understanding», prepared by prominent international research center European Leadership Network.

The paper is published on the eve of NATO summit in Brussels and Presidential US-Russia meeting in Helsinki.
https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Task-Force-Paper-ENG-Final.pdf?mc_cid=bc3fa8376f&mc_eid=95c1ca89fcAs NATO prepares for the Brussels summit – with NATO-Russia relations high on the agenda – and a Presidential US-Russia meeting follows, there is an urgent need to inject new thinking on how Russia and NATO could co-exist and how Europe’s security could be improved as a result.

That is why the ELN-supported Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe  have launched a common Position Paper “Towards a NATO-Russia Basic Understanding.

The Paper proposes a new interim and temporary approach to the management of the NATO-Russia relationship. As detailed in the proposal, while treating each other as adversaries, NATO and Russia should take precautions to ensure they do not to stumble into a conflict.